Agency Code: 501 Project Code: NYA Site Code: 0588
Described by: Heather Percy Date: 26/09/1996

Observation type: Unknown Category: observation

Location: MGA94 Zone: 50  607281 mE  6300808 mN Elevation (m): 322  Map sheet:  Kukerin 100K
Location notes: Merilup Road.
Site notes: This is an area with gneiss rock outcrop and boulders - not gravel.  May be either part of the Datatine System (Dt2) or possibly Kukerin System (Kk2) - Kk2 does contain some areas of gneiss outcrop.
Disturbance: Complete clearing; past cultivation.

Landform
Landform pattern: rises	Slope:  0 %
Relief/modal slope: gently undulating rises
Landform element: hillcrest
Morphological type: crest
Pattern Relief:  rises	Microrelief: 15 m

Surface and Hydrological Properties
Rock outcrop:   
Surface coarse fragments: 
Physical properties: 

Geology/parent material
Soil parent material: gneiss
Weathered gneiss; regional geology mapped as adamellite/gneiss mixed granitoid (Ang).
Geology: adamellite

Vegetation
Type:  grassland; Surrounded by:  grassland
Notes: Leptospermum erubescens and possibly Tamma along roadside.

Land use
Site: Cropping (may include grazing in rotation). Surrounds: Cropping (may include grazing in rotation).

Visible erosion, assessed flooding and salinity
no flooding, no ponding, no salinity.

Current Classification
WA Soil Group: (1999) Bare rock
Map Unit: 259Dt_2

Soil Profile Description